[3][dead link‍][2]The party, banned by the Ba'athist government since its establishment, was victim to a number of crackdowns, where 200 of its members were arrested in 1986 alone.

[5] The party continued to secretly distribute its publications–ar-Raya al-Hamra'a ("The Red Banner"), ash-Shyu'i ("The Communist"), al-Brulitari ("The Proletarian")–until 1991.

On 6 August 2003, the party announced its return to the political scene in a statement, followed by a new publication called al-An ("Now").

The Palestinian Popular Committees were disbanded in 1985, as a campaign of arrests was launched against the Syrian party.

[8] In February 2011, she began a hunger strike protesting the conditions of her detainment at Adra prison.